Captain Alan Lewrie and his small squadron defeat four French frigates off northern Spain, winning honor, glory, and renown. So, why is such a successful captain suddenly without a ship, or another active commission? Why do rumors swirl...
Sea fiction
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Author:Lambdin, DeweySummary: - Author:Lambdin, DeweySummary:
The year 1809 starts out badly for Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, and his ship, HMS Sapphire. They've extracted the sick, cold survivors of Sir John Moore's army from disaster at Corunna, got hit by lightning while escorting the army...
- Author:Lambdin, DeweySummary:
Alan Lewrie heads for Macao, Canton, and the South China Sea. There, battles on land and sea await him, as he faces thousands of savages led by their decadent French masters.
- Author:Lambdin, DeweySummary:
Three mismatched troop transports, lots of twenty-nine-foot barges, and an under-strength regiment of foot-a waste of Royal Navy money, a doomed experiment, or a new way to bedevil Napoleon's army in Italy? Either way, it's Capt. Sir...
- Author:Scott, JoelSummary:
Crime and adventure on the high seas
Jared Kane is a West Coast commercial fisherman whose life has been plagued by bad luck and blackout drinking. When he inherits Arrow, an old 46-foot wooden sailboat, he sees...
- Author:Melville, HermanSummary:
DescriptionBenito Cereno is a novella by Herman Melville, a fictionalized account about the revolt on a Spanish slave ship captained by Don Benito Cereno, first published in three installments in Putnam's Monthly in 1855.
- Author:Melville, HermanSummary:
A young sailor is sentenced to be hanged for inadvertently striking and killing an officer. He faces death with a blessing for the benevolent captain who is forced to execute him.
- Author:Radford, Thomas J.Summary:
The badly damaged Tantamount docked at Port Border, seeking repairs, new crew members, and work. First Officer Nel Vaughn tries to drown her memories of the disastrous battle with the Guild in dingy taverns.
But there’s little...
- Author:Somper, JustinSummary:
When the destructive behavior of a new ship of vampirates results in the death of a prominent pirate, the Pirate Federation trains a new crew of vampire hunters that includes newly-appointed captain Cheng Li and pirate prodigy Connor...
- Author:Nelson, James L.Summary:
Fleeing the New England coast after foiling a British man-of-war's attempt to seize his cargo, merchant sea captain Isaac Biddlecomb finds himself in the middle of a brewing rebellion and at the mercy of a sadistic captain. On a brig...
- Author:Glatt, JaneSummary:
Dagrun and her Intelligencer friends have survived the winter, but spring does not bring safety. The mastermind behind the plot against the Fair Seas Alliance is still at large, and the assassin Rahm is playing his own game that may...
- Author:Madalena, LorenzoSummary:
A realistic portrayal of the Sicilian fishing community in San Diego in the 1950s, Confetti for Gino centers around the DeMarino family, in particular fishing boat captain Gino DeMarino’s stubborn attempts to break away from tradition...
- Author:Bond, LarrySummary:
Navy lieutenant commander Jerry Mitchell's crew is ordered to the Iranian coast for a mission to retrieve intelligence on Iran's nuclear weapons. But while en route, their mini-sub catches fire, forcing Mitchell and four SEALs to swim...
- Author:Young, AdrienneSummary:
Filled with all of the action, emotion, and lyrical writing that brought readers to Sky in the Deep, New York Times bestselling author Adrienne Young returns with Fable, the first audiobook in this new captivating duology. Welcome to a...
- Author:Radford, Thomas J.Summary:
Thomas J. Radford is a New Zealand author who wrote his first novel when he should have been studying for an end of year school exam. After that he acquired a few qualifications relating to History and Film. Now he gets paid to watch...
- Author:Johnston, Timothy S.Summary:
THE MISSION: Sink an unsinkable warsub. Truman McClusky, Mayor of Trieste City on the shallow continental shelf just off the coast of Florida, has given his team an impossible task: infiltrate an enemy warsub, blend in with a hostile...
- Author:Marsh, Sarah GlennSummary:
Sixteen-year-old Bridey Corkill longs to leave her small island and see the world; the farther from the sea, the better. When Bridey was young, she witnessed something lure her granddad off a cliff and into a watery grave with a smile...
- Author:Cussler, CliveSummary:
It's up to Cabrillo and his crew of expert intelligence and Naval men to put Tibet back in the hands of the Dalai Lama by striking a deal with the Russians and the Chinese. His gambling chip is a golden Buddha containing records of vast...
- Author:Lambdin, DeweySummary:
In 1805, with news of Admiral Nelson's death fresh on his mind, Captain Lewrie's HMS Reliant joins up in the voyage that will culminate in the Battle of Cape Town, in which the British wrested control of South Africa from the Dutch. In...
- Author:Benchley, PeterSummary:
This novel takes readers into a watery world of a creature designed by nature to kill, and into the terror it brings from the silent darkness of the deep.
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